Baraboo City Council Grants Steam Engine Purchase
Aldermen approve a contract not to exceed 746 for a steam engine and boiler for the Baraboo quarry. They also adopt bids, authorize paving Broadway and Third Avenue, and fix sewer and license measures amid street repairs and municipal reports.
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American League of Municipalities
Baraboo
State Municipal League
M. KL. McHugh
Barker Street
Wm. Peck
Third Avenue
Broadway
Birch Street
Alderman Jacobs
Madison
Lhe
Milwaukee
He Street
Cem
Broadway Avenue
Ion
Lise
Ty Clerk
Beem
Train 585 Derails Four Cars Near North End Yards
At 2 45 pm the second section of train No 585 led by Conductor Pollowick and Engineer Heiden derailed four cars and tipped two as it moved from the north end yards. Wrecker work at Sparta will keep yards tied up for hours, though main line tracks remain clear for other trains.
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Pollowick
Heiden
North End
Sparta
Nehs Returns from World Sunday School Convention
Fred Nehs returned from Washington DC where he served as a delegate to the World Sunday School convention. About ten thousand attendees from around the world joined a five thousand strong Bible class procession on Pennsylvania Avenue. The event featured Taft addressing delegates at Convention Hall and included nations from China to Australia.
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Fred Nehs
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania Avenue
Congress
Taft
Covention Hall
China
Turkey
Australia
George W. Bailey
Philadelphia
Nehs
Kopp
White House
Wisconsin
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Washington
Mount Vernon
Arlington Heights
Readers invited to send letters on current events
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Wisconsin Potato Industry Shows Broad Growth Prospects
Wisconsin grows potatoes for midwest markets and seed supply with yields from 50 to 3800 bushels per acre. Clay loam and sandy loam soils, rotation, and manuring boost profits while many farmers rely on small acreages and livestock ties. The state conducts seed potato testing, emphasizes disease control, and seeks improved varieties suited to northern conditions.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Waupaca
Good Speakers at Kilbourn Chautauqua Opens July First
The Wisconsin Dells Chautauqua association announces Kilbourn hosting the first annual event July 1 to 10 with Nat Wetzel opening address followed by daily music lectures and entertainments. Officers are F. H. Kesler president C. D. Murray secretary R. D. Barney treasurer Nat Wetzel manager. Billboards in Baraboo promote the outing at Oak and Third streets.
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Wisconsin Dells Chautauqua Association
Kilbourn
Nat Wetzel
F. H. Kesler
C. D. Murray
R. D. Barney
Baraboo
Oak and
Third Street
Four Track Cut a Possibility for Milwaukee Road Tunnel
C and N W engineers propose opening the Milwaukee road tunnel into an open cut with four tracks two for C M and S Paul and two for the Milwaukee Sparta line. The plan would lower the grade by twenty feet affecting Tunnel City and Raymore pusher operations. If agreed the C and N W line would run parallel near the Milwaukee route for a short distance.
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Portage Daily Democrat C
N. W
Milwaukee Road
Tunnel City
Northwestern
C. M
Milwaukee—Sparta
Milwaukee
Raymore-Tunnel City
North la Crosseyard
Northwestern Rail Line Opens in Sparta Milestone Event
In Sparta on Wednesday at 2 48 p m the first spike was driven by Agent William Foresman of the C N W marking the start of the Sparta to Milwaukee railroad before a small group of citizens and road officials.
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Northwestern
Sparta
William Foresman
Milwaukee
State Fair Records Audited Fire Up Officials
An audit of state fair finances finds officers attempted corrections to improper entries. John M. True the secretary’s records are reported in good condition. Charles Warren notes funds were paid into the state treasury after collection, but prior totals and dues were not clearly tracked before reaching True.
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Baraboo
John M. True
Milwaukee
Charles 8. Warren
Lllinois State
Letter From Colorado May 25 From Albert E Britton
A correspondent writes editors about travel through Colorado. He recalls San Luis Valley May 17 arrival in safety and a backward but improving Monte Vista. In Monte Vista he met Roy Black who left North Freedom for health reasons. Black’s wife and three children are well and his health has improved. The party is in Denver where George Daniels, formerly of Reedsburg, is well and likes the city. Mrs Hatty Wisner and her son Harvey are also in Denver. The travelers plan to proceed to Baraboo after a short stay in Lincoln.
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San Luis Valley
Monte Vista
Roy Black
North Freedom
Black
Denver
George Daniels
Reedsburg
Hatty Wisner
Harvey
Baraboo
Lincoln
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William Siggerkow
Baptist Church
Yhird Avenue
Fred Warren
Second Avenue
American Association of Health
National Model License League
F. Schultz
Sixth Street
Isenberg
East
Barker Streets
Health and Water Committee
John Rooney
M. Jacobs
IEEE
Sotcleicket
J.H. Doppier
Sriva i
Otto Schadde
Hood Brothers
M. Rote
Henry Larabee
Stanley Company
Soret
Meade Simons
F. E. Berkley
Good Roads Machinery Co
Scanian Siap
Oiain
Stripechs
L. W. Stone
Homer Jeffries
Baraboo News
Eas
Hall of the Ladies’ Relief Corps
Trip
Washington and
The
Middle West
Portage
Waushara
Wisconsin Farmer
United States
Rura
Dells Chautau
CITY
the State Fair Records
Colorado
Albert E. Britton
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